Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Internship

Role Description:

 

 

ORGANIC AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY INTERNSHIP

Kalamazoo, MI

 

Internship Summary:

The intern will join a team of bench chemists within the Medicinal Chemistry group, contributing to the synthesis of novel drug analogs, troubleshooting synthetic challenges, and supporting the scale-up of promising drug candidates. This laboratory-based role will focus on analogue development and synthetic methodology, providing hands-on experience with industry-relevant medicinal chemistry practices and drug discovery workflows. 

 

Internship Job Duties:

·       Design, execute, and interpret complex organic chemistry experiments in a laboratory-based medicinal chemistry environment.

·       Document and communicate experimental results through written reports, data summaries, presentations, and discussions with colleagues

 

Internship Qualifications:

·       Currently enrolled in a Master's or PhD program.

·       Strong foundation of organic chemistry knowledge with experience in an organic research laboratory (graduate research work).

·       A desire to spend most of the time at the bench running synthetic experiments.

·       Understand modern analytical methods such as HPLC/LCMS/NMR.

·       Creativity, autonomy, can-do attitude, and problem-solving abilities.

·       Excellent verbal/written communication and interpersonal skills.

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:

 

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $16.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $32.50 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $36.00 per hour

 

 

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois (Chicago area), Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington (Seattle area):

 

Student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $17.00 per hour

Student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $24.20 per hour

Student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $36.40 per hour

Student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $40.30 per hour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full time

 

 

Intern (Trainee)

 

 

Colleague

 

 

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